As soon as he finished speaking, the old man stood up and walked out of the office.
Director Liu tried to stop the old man from leaving, shouting and pulling at him, but to no avail.
At the factory gate, watching the old man's retreating figure, Director Liu felt like crying but had no tears.
What should we do now? Who can we find to take over this research?
This isn't something you can just find any researcher at a pharmaceutical research institute to do. This person needs to be extremely knowledgeable about Chinese medicinal herbs, understand traditional Chinese medicine, and be proficient in operating the instruments in the laboratory.
Where else can he find someone like that?
Old Cai, who had already left, walked slowly along the roadside with his hands behind his back.
He had just guessed that the vice president of the main hospital, Li Chu, was just saying it casually, but he actually guessed right.
Old Cai always believed that he was also a member of the Chinese medicine community, and he absolutely abhorred the act of stealing other people's prescriptions.
He had always thought that the prescription was something the pharmaceutical factory had somehow obtained.
But when I asked more closely today, wow, they even brought up the central government.
So he made a bold guess: was it prescribed by the health care team doctor?
Unexpectedly, it's been confirmed. In that case, this prescription couldn't have been obtained through bargaining. He knows more than one doctor in the health care team.
Whether they are currently working or retired, the doctors in the health care team would never easily give their prescriptions to others.
If the pharmaceutical company obtained their prescription through questionable means, then he absolutely cannot get involved.
If things go wrong, it could be fatal. He's over seventy years old, his grandson is already married, and now he's just waiting for his granddaughter-in-law to give birth to a great-grandson so he can enjoy four generations under one roof.
The best days are yet to come, and he doesn't want to go crazy with those people.
Old Cai was strolling back, while Director Liu had already run to the factory manager's office to report.
The factory manager was expecting good news, but instead, he delivered this, which made the manager so angry that he almost threw his chair at the man's head.
"Factory Director, if this old man Cai is determined not to continue, then we will have no choice but to cooperate with the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Research Institute."
"They handled things too carelessly. It was such a small matter, but they made a huge fuss about it, resulting in several deaths and the arrest of several people from their own unit," the factory manager said with a disdainful expression.
"Then what do we do?"
The factory manager leaned back in his chair and thought for a while before saying, "If all else fails, we can cooperate with that pharmaceutical research institute in Beijing."
"I heard that their deputy director has been removed from office."
"That guy was stupid enough to try and sell these things to foreigners. Even if we try again, it's like the meat rotting in the pot."
Look at what he's saying! He only cares about the meat rotting in the pot, but he doesn't consider whether the other person is willing to let the meat rotting in someone else's pot.
"Alright, you can go now. I'll think about it some more."
After Director Liu left, the factory manager walked back and forth in his office with his hands behind his back.
He was considering which company to cooperate with. As for cooperating with other pharmaceutical companies, that was out of the question; he wasn't about to hand the lamb to the slaughter.
Moreover, this factory manager had his own ulterior motives.
He was thinking that private business was gradually being liberalized, especially in the south.
If he can research that prescription and go out on his own in the future, he'll make a fortune.
At present, only those two pharmaceutical research institutes have the talent to conduct this kind of research.
However, he was also worried about collaborating with these two pharmaceutical research institutes, wondering what would happen if they took over the business.
Ugh, what a headache! That old man Cai is really stubborn!
Thinking of Old Man Cai, he suddenly realized that he could secretly approach the researchers at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
At worst, I'll just pay them a little more for their services; it's not my money anyway.
In that case, we can only look for the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Research Institute. You can't expect people from the capital to come to the south to do private work.
He acted on his idea immediately, picked up the phone and dialed, said a few words and then put the phone down, sitting in a chair and waiting patiently.
Less than two minutes later, Director Liu, who had just gone out, ran back.
"Old Liu, come here, let me ask you something. Does the Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences have any researchers capable of independently completing this kind of research?"
"Yes," Director Liu nodded readily. As the director of the laboratory, although he himself did not understand the technical aspects, he knew the talent in this field very well.
"Factory manager, as far as I know, among those I've dealt with before, there are at least three people who can independently conduct this kind of experiment."
Do you know if any of these three people come from families that are short of money?
"Uh..." The way his boss asked the question left him speechless.
After a pause, Director Liu said, "Factory Director, you know what, there really is a family surnamed Fang who is in dire straits."
"Please tell me more about this person."
"Sir, if you want me to be very specific, I can't really say for sure. This Researcher Fang is a veteran college graduate from the 1950s. He's not from Shanghai, but I think he's from a rural area in Anhui Province. He has a heavy family burden, and his wife doesn't have a formal job. That's all I know."
After pondering silently for a while, the factory manager said, "Old Liu, do you think it's possible to have this guy surnamed Fang continue this experiment for us?"
"Boss, how is that possible? The pharmaceutical research institute pays much more than our factory."
The factory manager waved his hand: "You misunderstood. I didn't mean to transfer him to our factory. I meant he should be like that old man Cai."
After listening to his superior's words, Director Liu asked hesitantly, "Sir, do you mean to have this Researcher Fang conduct experiments privately, and then we'll give him some payment?"
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"Yes, that's it."
After receiving a definite answer from the factory director, Director Liu did not rush to reply, but thought about it carefully for a while.
"Boss, your method isn't impossible, but it would slow down the experiment a lot."
"Going slowly is fine, safety is the most important thing. But we can't go too slow!"
"Boss, this is really hard to handle. If we operate this way, he can only come to us after get off work. One or two days is fine, but we can't work all night every day."
The factory manager nodded slowly. That's true. No matter how much money you give them, they can't work non-stop. Even if they wanted to, their bodies wouldn't.
"Could we bring over a couple of researchers?"
"Boss, all I can say is that I'll do my best. As you know, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better."
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